Surname Spevan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Spevan families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec area ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Spevan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (10), Zagreb (<10), Vinogradi Ludbreski (<10), Kraljevac in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Krizovljan in Ludbreg area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Spevan is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Spevan, Damir Spevan, Josip Spevan, Zoran Spevan, Antonija Spevan, Alen Spevan, Nikolina Spevan, Katica Spevan, Mladen Spevan, Silvia Spevan, Kristian Spevan, Darko Spevan, Jelena Spevan, Marija Spevan, Suzana Spevan, Štefan Spevan, Miljenko Spevan, Tomislav Spevan, Mirko Spevan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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